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Almeé Syrienne

Date1892

MediumPhotograph on paper

DimensionsOverall, Image: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 13 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (33.7 x 26.7 cm)

InscribedLower edge, on paper below image: "An Almeé is an Egyptian dancing-girl who inherits through a long line of / antecedents a marvelous power of the muscles of the abdomen. She does not dance with her [jest] but by means of [?] writhings and contractions of these muscles. The music is produced by a darabuka [sic], pipe, tambourine, and castanets." [Page torn]

Credit LineMuseum collection

Object number0.2840

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